PARIHS revisited: from heuristic to integrated framework for the successful implementation of knowledge into practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services, or PARIHS framework, was first published in 1998. Since this time, work has been ongoing to further develop, refine and test it. Widely used as an organising or conceptual framework to help both explain and predict why the implementation of evidence into practice is or is not successful, PARIHS was one of the first frameworks to make explicit the multi-dimensional and complex nature of implementation as well as highlighting the central importance of context. Several critiques of the framework have also pointed out its limitations and suggested areas for improvement.

Discussion

Building on the published critiques and a number of empirical studies, this paper introduces a revised version of the fram

SUBMITTER: Harvey G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4807546 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature